Guacamole!!! (Week 15)

Oh my gosh...we are 5 weeks away from being halfway through this pregnancy!  How can that already be?!?!?  I have to say after last week's debacle...I am LOVING being pregnant!  I don't know how things can change so quickly...but it is literally like night and day from last week to this week.  Well really...my little breakdown started at the end of week 13 and I was pretty much over it by the Monday of week 14.  So...I guess it's been about a week and a half now!  I am feeling so much more comfortable in my own skin...and it helps that I can still fit into all my normal clothes!  I really do feel so great and am loving that my belly is getting bigger.  I rub on our sweet baby all the time!  It's so fun to touch my tummy and feel it really popping out.  I'm hoping that it won't be too much longer that I'll start to feel him/her move.  If I haven't already.  I've had these little bubbles that go through my stomach...but it's usually after I've eaten.  So, I've been associating that with food digestion.  My stomach did that before I got pregnant...so it's really hard to know the difference at this point!

This week also started with Mother's Day!  What a special time to get to spend with both our moms who are soon to be grandmommies!  This will be my mom's first grandbaby and Cody's mom's 4th!  They've had grandpuppies for several years now...but no grandbabies from us yet!  My mom calls the baby, "little peanut"...until we find out the gender of course!  Then she'll call it by name...hopefully!  I was just browsing on Baby Gap one day at their adorable baby clothes and found a navy onesie that said Little Peanut with a peanut in between the words.  It was adorable and as soon as I saw it, I knew that's what we HAD to get her for Mother's Day!  We got Cody's mom a beautiful bouquet of flowers and dropped them by her house on the way to Life Group that night.  She's been feeling under the weather lately...so hopefully they brightened her day...and hopefully she'll feel better soon.  For Mother's Day, we went to church that morning with my mom, brother, and his girlfriend, Shayla.  Dad was out of town meeting someone to discuss leasing a portion of our land for cattle.  So, he missed out on all the festivities...but got to spend Mother's Day with his momma.  When my family was getting in our car, my mom handed me a very pretty present.  It had the sweetest card in it along with a Boyd's Bear figurine that was a pregnant momma holding a little book.  It's now sitting in our entertainment center!  So sweet!  And listen to what my precious, amazing, thoughtful hubby did.  I actually got this on Saturday...but saved it to tell last!  I had been out running some errands with mom...getting a few things for the gender reveal party.  And when I got home there was a surprise sitting on the bar for me!  It was a beautiful...and delicious...double chocolate ice cream cake and he had made the sweet little sign on the computer at home for me, sweet, precious card signed by him and both names we've chosen for a boy and girl, and an arrangement with one single rose for my first Mother's Day.  It was absolutely the most thoughtful and sweet present!  Needless to say...it was a great first Mother's Day and Mother's Day/Grandmother's Day for our precious and amazing mommas!

And...only one more week until we find out if this sweet baby is a he or a she!!!  It's all I can talk and think about!  Every time I bring it up to Cody, he says he's trying not to think about it and it's all I'm talking about!  Oopsie!!!  But I know he's thinking about it constantly too...how could either one of us not?!?!?  I'm trying to occupy my mind and time with the last few weeks of school and the party planning for the big gender reveal.  It's going to be so hard to know that we could know the sex of the baby at 10:00 in the morning and not actually find out until 7:00 at night!  Good thing I'll be doing some cleaning, getting ready for the party, and other chores and errands like that!  Otherwise...I may go nutty!  Now I'm just nervous and praying that the sonographer will be able to get a clear picture of what the gender is.  I'll be almost 17 weeks...so it's not too early to find out...but it's also 3 weeks earlier than our regular doctor will confirm it.  I've read a lot of blogs and "frequently asked questions" on Baby Center and What to Expect where women have said they've found out as early as 12 weeks and then it was confirmed later on when they were further along.  I think I only read 1 instance where the first sonographer's reading was wrong and the gender was different than what the couple was told the first time.  So...I would say our chances of finding out and being right are pretty good!!!  We're still nervous though...but more than anything we just want to hear that the baby is growing, healthy, normal, and absolutely perfect.  This baby is already so loved.  It's going to be one lucky little girl or boy to come into this world with so many loving people ready to surround it, love on it, and be there for it for anything.  Our little one is the size of an avocado this week...4 to 5 inches long and weighs 3 to 5 ounces!!!  Oh sweet Baby Kelley...we can't wait to call you by name!!!

Week 15 Symptoms:

• Still have so much energy!  I still go to bed early...but I still get up at 4:45 to go workout.  But...instead of going to bed between 8:00 and 8:30...it's now between 9:00 and 9:30.
• I'm back to cooking!  Usually just once a week...and once on the weekends.
• I feel back to my normal self with a sweet baby bump!!!
• Not really any cravings or aversions!!!
• And the boobs...they're ginormous!

Only 25 more weeks to go!

A Juicy Navel Orange (Week 14)

Another week has come and gone...and I seriously can't believe it!  How can I already be 14 weeks into this pregnancy?!?!?  I'm definitely not complaining that the weeks are flying by...right now anyways.  The first reason is because summer is almost here and I can seriously taste it!  Only 4 more weeks of school left...and 3 out of those four weeks are 4 day weeks!!!  And the second reason...because we are finding out what the sex of the baby is a few weeks early!!!  I can't keep it a secret anymore!  I'll be almost 17 weeks when we go in for a sonogram to find out what this sweet little one is.  We are both just praying that the baby doesn't play shy that day!  And both of us are also so very ready to start calling this sweet baby by name.  It's starting to feel very impersonal calling it, "the baby."  The longer I've been pregnant...the more I've been dying to just call it by name!  And I know Cody is too.  And I also know that these next two weeks are going to creep by because it's all we think and talk about!  We actually aren't going to find out at our sonogram appointment.  We are having a gender reveal party the same night as the sonogram appointment...so will be finding out along with all our family and friends!!!  Oh the anticipation :-)  Boy or girl...what do you think?!?!?

On a pregnancy note...I'm still feeling great!  I did have another bit of a "body issue" breakdown.  Which...looking back...I feel so silly.  And even worse...so selfish.  But really, I think that I actually needed to get emotional and talk it out with Cody instead of holding it in and trying to deal with it myself...which is how I pretty much deal with things when they get hard.  I've got that "superwoman" mentality.  I like to think I can take on anything, do anything, suck it up, and move on to the next thing without a hitch in my get-up.  But...that's just not so when you're pregnant.  This was really the first time I got emotional about something and shed some tears through this pregnancy so far.  But I also think it was good for me.  I kinda went through some body changes earlier in this pregnancy...but nothing really like this.  I think that time it was just more dealing with the fact that things were starting to slow down in my workouts and my eating habits had changed slightly...so a lot of that was just getting used to a few changes that were happening with everything.  Not that it still wasn't a challenge and hard to go through.  But, it certainly didn't compare to this time.  It actually started about the end of last week.  I went to try on a pair of my skinny jeans and they just "seemed" to be tighter than they were just a few days ago.  I literally just folded up on the floor and said, "this can't already be happening!"  Thankfully, at that time, I was the only one home so the only people to see me act like a goober were the dogs.  Which, they were so sweet and came running to me and licked all over my face...I'm sure they were wondering what was going on with their momma!  They've not seen me cry very many times!  I tried to just brush it under the rug and deal with it myself without really saying anything to anyone.  But, the more I kept it in, the more I was saying things like, "my hips, butt, and legs are just fat" and "I'm already expanding at 13-14 weeks, how much bigger am I going to get" and "all I'm getting is fat."  Oh wow...writing that just really sounds terrible.  And I said it to Cody so many times, I know he was getting frustrated.  He kept saying, "you're so beautiful" and "I'm so attracted to you" and "you are more and more beautiful and I am more attracted to you now than I've ever been."  How sweet is that?!?!  And, I knew he meant it...but I just didn't feel beautiful or attractive.

On Sunday morning, before church, I finally was just really telling him how I was feeling inside and not just saying, "I'm fat."  I really broke down in front of him...which made me feel really silly and kind of weak.  You see...I'm really not much of a crier.  So, when I do cry, I just feel super exposed and like I can't handle it on my own.  So stupid!  I knew that my body changing would be the hardest part for me during pregnancy.  But, you really just never know how it's going to affect you or feel until you go through it yourself.  You see, I have always been athletic, in shape, kept the same weight, worked out super, super hard, and eaten so clean and healthy.  All those things are still true, except that I've gained about three pounds...which is a very good thing!  I've had a few pregnancy splurges with food.  But, nothing insane or extremely unhealthy.  I'm also a control freak, and I can't control what's happening to my body right now...so that was hard to accept.  No matter how many miles I run during the week or how many CrossFit WODs I do during the week or how healthy I eat, my body is just changing.  And why shouldn't it?!?!?  I'm growing a sweet, precious, miracle inside of me.  I would never want to do anything to harm the baby.  Or, not eat enough or push too hard in my workouts that would do something that is unhealthy for our little one.  All that said...I am SO much better now.  I think I just needed to actually verbalize how I was feeling inside instead of just making untrue comments that just sounded like I was vain and had a bad self image.  Because, you see, I'm still wearing ALL my normal clothes.  They are still buttoning up...for the most part.  Usually after lunch, if I'm wearing my skinny jeans, I have to use the hair tie trick to keep them "buttoned."  And really...they are not tighter anywhere else other than my tummy.  I just way overreacted.  Call it hormones, call it control freak issues, call it vanity, call it whatever you like.  But, it was something that was hard for me to go through during those few days.  My precious husband, family, and friends have been my support system for any crazy emotion I'm going through...no matter what it is.  Having two other pregnant friends right now, and several others that have had babies is so super helpful right now.  I've talked, texted, and vented to them about this same thing.  And, they've all said that at some point in time during their pregnancy, they've all gone through similar stuff.

Don't get me wrong for a second.  I am SO excited, thankful, grateful, and blessed to get to experience the joy of pregnancy and being a mom.  But, it doesn't come without challenges.  I do know that those challenges are far outweighed by the joy, excitement, and overwhelming love that comes with pregnancy and being a mom.  I am already so in love with this baby and I can't imagine how much more that love will grow the second I get to see it's sweet face.  I just really want to be honest with every step and phase of this pregnancy because I know that there are others out there who have been, are, or are soon to become pregnant.  It's ok and normal to feel however you feel no matter what it is you're going through.  Your body is literally growing a miracle and it all changes so fast to grow and nurture the baby that's living inside of you.  Now that I'm 14 weeks, we are seeing changes in my tummy almost daily.  From one day to the next it looks just a smidge bigger than it did the day before.  And all that means is that our sweet, precious little one is growing, healthy, and thriving.  So, no matter what other changes may come, good or bad, I am so excited and ready for the new phases that are to come through this pregnancy.  All it means is that we are one step closer to getting to meet this little miracle.  As of now...I am feeling SO much better about everything.  I really don't give it a second thought and when I do think about my little breakdown...I feel like it was all a dream.  Our little baby is the size of a navel orange...about 4.5 inches long and weighs about 2 ounces!  This sweet little baby is worth anything I go through for the next 26 weeks and beyond!  I love you so much Baby Kelley!!!

Week 14 Symptoms:

• Thankfully...I have SO much energy back!  The 2nd trimester is seriously awesome when it comes to regaining as much normalcy as possible!
• HUGE boobs!  I swear they grow more everyday.
• Cravings: still none really.  But...when I think about certain restaurants...I want to go there!  Like...Abuelo's, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Bonzai...yummy!!!
• Aversions: surprisingly...I think they are almost all gone.  I've been eating chicken and veggies like a champ!!!  But I still adore sandwiches...I guess that should go in the cravings list!

Only 26 more weeks to go!!!

Five Years Have Flown By!

On March 1, 2013, we celebrated 5 amazing years of marriage!!!  I cannot believe how fast the years have flown...but each and every one of them have been the best years of my life so far.  I've learned so much about love, life, and myself.  Cody has taught me so much and helped me grow in ways I never thought possible.  He has made me a better person and I could never repay him for that.  I am so thankful and blessed that I get to spend the rest of my life with such an amazing man and also call him the sweet daddy of our precious babies...no matter if they two legs or four!

Surprisingly...for 5 years...we didn't really have huge plans.  We took two big, amazing, awesome, and fun vacations last year...so we decided to just go out to a fabulous dinner and spend the day together.  I took that day off from work so that we could spend some time together during the day.  Our anniversary was on a Friday this year...so it was a perfect way to start the weekend!  Cody still had to go to work, but I slept in until he got up, ran a couple of errands, then met him at the gym for a mid-morning WOD.  After we worked out together, I headed home to clean up and eat some lunch and Cody got home about mid afternoon.  We just hung out and watched a movie together before we headed out to dinner.  Cody made reservations at a wonderful place called, Rancho Loma in Talpa, TX a few weeks before our anniversary.  It's a tiny town right outside of Coleman.  The restaurant is actually a ranch house that's been converted into a restaurant...but the owner still lives upstairs.  There's also a couple of rooms you can rent for a bed and breakfast stay...it's amazing out there!  Rancho Loma is only opened Friday and Saturday nights and the menu is set at the beginning of the week.  Our reservations were for 7:00...but we left the house around 5:30 so we could get there a little early.  I'm gonna list the courses as best I can remember and hopefully get it pretty spot on...but it was heavenly!  All 6 courses of it!!!  1st course: crostini with a soft cheese spread drizzled with a balsamic reduction and topped with pine nuts; 2nd course: white bean soup drizzled with truffle oil; 3rd course: quail legs with a spicy chili glaze; 4th course: leek and avocado salad drizzled with a balsamic reduction; 5th course: duck breast drizzled with a spicy chili glaze and sweet potato tamale; 6th course: Mexican chocolate torte.  Are you drooling reading that?!?!?  I am...I remember exactly how everything tasted and how absolutely amazing each and every bite was.  We also bought a bottle of alcohol free wine so that we could have a toast to celebrate our 5 year anniversary...it was pretty delicious!  And seriously...I can't even describe how absolutely amazing dinner was.  I want to recreate every bite of it just writing about it!  It was all so fresh and flavorful.  The portions are small...so you can enjoy every bite and not be stuffed when you leave.  Because they set the menu the week of that Friday and Saturday when they serve it, they buy the food just a day or two before.  So, everything truly is as fresh as it can be.  We would both eat there every weekend if we could!  What's also so wonderful about this place is that when you make a reservation, the table is yours for the entire night.  If it takes you until 10:00 to finish dessert...then fine!  I do think they close at 10:00 or 10:30 though...but there are no hours on their website.  There are 24 tables in the restaurant and an outdoor patio with an amazing fireplace that looks off into the ranch...which is a total of 300 acres.  In between courses, if you want to get up and walk around to let your food settle...then that's perfect!  They'll bring your next course when you come back, if you're ready for it, and then you can do the same if you so choose after that course.  It was a little chilly when we were there and the fireplace wasn't going outside, so we stayed inside throughout our entire meal.  But, all the courses were spaced out with plenty of time for the previous course to settle so you were more than ready to taste the delicious food that was the next course!

I really can't say enough about how amazing this place is.  When we got there, we were greeted by the owner's two precious pups.  He was coming out with them to greet us as we got there.  When he walked us into the house, he introduced us to the chef and the waitress who were all so very sweet.  We had a couple of glasses of our "wine" before the first course came out and it was nice to just walk around and look at everything and then sit at our table and relax and talk before the meal started.  From start to finish, we were out there for about 2.5 hours and every bit of it was absolutely wonderful.  It was so laid back, with the most amazing food, and the best company I could ask for.  We've been through a lot in 5 years: buying our first house, getting my teaching job, 2 hail storms, Cody becoming an owner of ClearFork, 3 precious puppies, me getting my Master's degree, paying off some debt, watching Michael through his high school sports career, some amazing vacations, precious time with family and friends, Cody's surgery, and now a sweet baby on the way.  We've had lots of ups and downs, but every single moment brought us to where we are today and I am so thankful for every single moment and for the past 5 amazing years we've had together.  I'm so excited to see what our future holds and we are both ecstatic about becoming parents.  God has been so good to us and we could never thank Him enough for all He has done in our lives.  We are truly blessed.  I love you Cody Michael Kelley!!!

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Our precious family of 5...with one more on the way!!!  Happy 5 Years My Love!!!

Lemonade...YUMM-O!!! (Week 13)

First Trimester=OVER!!!  WOO HOO!!!  This was not only a fun week because we got to celebrate being out of the first trimester...but we also had our second appointment.  We didn't have a sonogram this time...total bummer.  But, we did get to hear the baby's heart beat which was 157...precious little sound.  Some people would say that's low and that we're having a boy...other's say it's still high and it's a girl.  Who knows yet!!!  But...we are DYING to find out!  I did get really nervous at this appointment.  It took the nurse awhile to find the heartbeat and I immediately started looking at Cody with terrified eyes...but she just started up a little too high and it took a couple seconds for her to move down a little lower.  But when she did...there it was!!!  While I was freaking out...Cody kept looking at me with reassuring eyes.  Which made me feel a lot better.  But, I still freaked out there for a second and did not like that feeling one single bit.  I guess I just thought it wouldn't take very long.  The last sonogram we had, as soon as he started, there the baby was along with it's heartbeat.  But, what I failed to remember is that the first sonogram was done trans-vaginally and this one was done with just a little doppler right on top of my stomach.  Big difference!  We also went over my blood work that I had had done in between the first appointment and this one.  All my levels were good and everything else was absolutely perfect!  I've gained a total of 2 pounds and 3 ounces since I first got pregnant...so I would say that's a pretty good, steady weight gain.  Dr. Tadvick was super pleased with it and how everything else looked.  He also said the baby was doing perfectly and he'd see in another 4 weeks!  All in all...a great way to start out week 13!

I'm also feeling awesome!  It's like...as soon as I went from week 12 to week 13...I got more energy back and I'm not so lethargic and exhausted.  My head cold also went away...which has helped a ton.  I'm still doing my CrossFit WODs and running everyday.  I can definitely tell that I get a lot more winded a lot quicker than I used to, so I'm still having to take multiple breaks during a WOD to try and catch my breath a little and let my heart rate slowdown.  I would say that most WODs take me about 5-10 minutes longer than normal.  Especially depending on the WOD.  If it's a super short WOD, it may only take me 1-2 minutes longer.  Either way, I'm really learning to listen to my body and make sure and take breaks when my breathing and heart rate gets up too high.  On a food note...I'm back to cooking a little bit again!  During most of the first trimester I survived on sandwiches, wraps, cereal, veggie burgers, soup with grilled cheese, and a few random cravings that hit...like Chinese, Mexican, and Italian food a couple of times.  Poor Cody had to fend for himself...which he's totally capable of.  He's actually a really good cook.  I just like to cook for him and felt awful making him to do all his meals all the time.  But, he meal prepped a lot on Sunday nights with chicken, steak, and veggies.  He also cooked breakfast a lot and picked up Subway or an occasional pizza run here and there...which I partook in!  I'm definitely not eating Paleo.  I'm still eating a lot of sandwiches and wraps for lunch.  But I'm also eating bagel thins with yogurt or toast with yogurt and oatmeal a lot for breakfast in the mornings.  And when I do cook, there's always a carb stuck in somewhere.  It's like...I just need them.  I've read that when the baby's growing like it is...they just need lots of carbs to sustain their growth...makes sense as to why I'm wanting them all the time!  I've also been eating a ton of fruit and have been able to stomach more veggies.  In fact...I was thinking the other day how good sweet potato fries sounded.  I haven't had sweet potatoes in weeks...and for the longest time the thought or sight of one sent me gagging!  And if you know me...you know I'm the sweet potato queen!  I LOVE them...especially made into fries.  Maybe I'll cook some soon.  All in all...I can't complain about how this pregnancy has been.  Yes...my body is definitely changing...and that's been a struggle for me.  But, I think I'm finally learning to appreciate the reason it's changing and that's so that I can continue to grow this precious little miracle inside of me.  I'm feeling so good, working out everyday, running with the dogs, cooking more, and I finally have some energy back.  I feel more and more like myself...just with a little baby bump!!!  Sweet Baby Kelley is the size of lemon...3 inches long and weighs 1.5 ounces...getting bigger every week!!!

Week 13 Symptoms:

• Boobs are not as sore...YAY!  But...they are still huge.  I was doing cleans one day during a WOD and hit myself in the boob as I was going up with the bar...so frustrating!
• Aversions: Chicken...unless it's diced up in tiny pieces inside a casserole...or a Sharky's burrito!  I think I'm getting over the veggie aversions...I'm gonna attempt sweet potato fries...that's the ultimate test!
• Cravings: Not really anything actually.  I did, however, want a Sharky's burrito this past weekend...so I went with my mom and brother (Cody doesn't like Sharky's...weirdo!)...it was heavenly!
• My energy level is back!!!  For the most part anyways...I still get tired doing some things.  Like if I've been out running errands all day...I'm pretty tired and ready to plop on the couch when I get home.  But on a typical day...getting up early, working, and doing stuff around the house at night, I feel almost like I did pre-pregnancy!

Only 27 weeks to go!!!



Georgia Peaches (Week 12)

I am now officially 3 months pregnant!  I can't believe that I'm a third of the way through this pregnancy already.  It's kinda crazy when I say it out loud.  And when I think about the fact that I only have 6 more months to go is really insane.  I feel like we have so much to do in such a short time!  Cody and I have really started talking about which direction we want to go with the nursery if it's a boy or a girl.  I'll be keeping that a secret until we find out the sex of the baby!  And I probably won't completely reveal it until I can do a full nursery re-cap.  But...we both think that what we've come up with so far is pretty adorable for either!  It won't be much longer until we find out what we're having...which is super exciting!  We are already counting down the days.!!!

Anywho...back to the 12 week pregnancy update!  Baby Kelley is the size of a sweet Georgia Peach this week!  Already 3 inches long and I'm really starting to show!  I've worn a couple of tight shirts this week and my belly is really starting to pop out through them.  It's still pretty flat in the mornings...but it doesn't stay that way for long!  After every meal, my belly gets bigger and bigger.  The only complaint that I've had this week about being pregnant is the fact that I've had a head cold since the weekend and there is nothing I can take.  I have been so congested and had a runny/stuffy nose pretty much everyday this week.  Which makes for not very much restful sleep because I've woken myself up with a dry throat from having to breath out of my mouth.  I've felt much better as everyday of the week has gone on.  But Monday and Tuesday I felt like a zombie!  I did still workout everyday...running and CrossFit of course!  I was a little slower than normal just because it was harder to breathe.  But I think continuing to workout really helped break up all this junk in my head.  Every night I've gotten better, more restful sleep.  And everyday I've felt more and more like myself.  I'm still a little stuffy...but nothing compared to what I was earlier in the week!

We did do some fun things we did for the baby this week.  On Saturday, my mom and I went to some estate sales.  The boys were at the ranch hunting...so we had time to go and do the estate sale thing while they were playing.  We found an adorable cradle for our bedroom for the baby's first few weeks as well as some gorgeous, antique furniture that we'll have re-done for the nursery.  I just said earlier I wasn't going to spill the beans on anything with the nursery...but that was just too fun not to tell!  We also went in to Kid's Village just to look around and see what all they had for cribs and bedding...and just all the other amazing things they have!  We sat down with their interior designer and picked out some fabric for a boy and a girl to have custom bedding made depending on the gender.  We are just so picky when it comes to what we want for the nursery and neither one of us like anything too "baby."  After we looked through the store and some books with pre-made stuff, we both decided that custom bedding was the way to go.  It will be exactly what we want, in the colors we want, and made just for us...which is so special.  Especially for the first one!  It was really fun to go in and look around and pick out fabrics.  It will be even more fun after we find out what it is and we can really get serious with all the planning!

The longer I've been pregnant, the more fun I've had and the more I'm enjoying it.  I'm feeling great, other than being sick with a head cold.  I'm still working out and doing all the things with that that I used to do.  And...I'm only one week away from being out of the 1st trimester!!!  Our sweet little Georgia Peach just gets cuter and cuter!!!

Week 12 Symptoms:

• Super, super tired.  Being pregnant on top of having a cold has put me to bed every night around 8:00!
• Ravenously hungry!!!
• Every growing boobs.  We did double-unders in a lot of WODs this week and they were bouncing all over the place!
• Still pretty moody and irritable :-(
• Aversions: still the same...meat and veggies
• Cravings: I'm not really having any!  Sometimes I'll see a commercial for something or be in a grocery store and see something and that's when I realize that whatever it is sounds good.  I don't always cave...but I have given in a couple of times!

Only 28 more weeks to go!!!

I Forgot How Much I LOVE Plums!!! (Week 11)

Baby Kelley is 11 weeks in the making and growing at a rapid pace!  Another .5 inches longer this week and weighs another .2 ounces.  That means that this sweet, precious baby is now the size of a large plum...or 2.5 inches long and weighs .5 ounces!  We ran to the store the other night to pick up a few things we ran out of and I passed by the fruit section and found a plum that was about the size of our little baby.  We were both shocked at how big this baby is already!  I know a plum is fairly small.  But, to think that just 4 weeks ago this baby was the size of a raspberry and now it's the size of a large plum is pretty incredible.  I mean...I had NO idea that in such a short amount of time it would grow so fast!  I guess that explains my ever growing appetite!  I've only done this a handful of times since I've been pregnant...but just this week I've gotten up a couple of times in the middle of the night to snack on some granola.  Last night I had actually gone to bed and about 10 minutes later just decided to get up and grab a handful of it to hold me over until after my workout when I drink my protein shakes.  I eat several times throughout the day but have just really noticed that I need to be eating more to keep this baby satisfied.  The only times I've really felt bad is just when I've let myself get to hungry.  Either I'm in the middle of working and just don't pay attention to my growling belly or I'm just waiting for the oven timer to go off to let me know that dinner is ready.  Those are the only times when I just can't get food in fast enough and kinda blah.  But as soon as I eat, I feel a lot better.  Funny how that works...you'd think that would be the last thing you would want to do when you feel kinda gross...but nope!

The only other changes I've really noticed this week is that I'm really short fused.  Not so much with a temper or anything.  Just my patience and my tolerance for things is so, so low.  I was never the most patient person to begin with so now it's just really heightened.  And I really don't have much of a filter when I have something on my mind.  It's like my brain thinks of something to say and my mouth just blurts it out before I have time to process what's coming out.  It's a little funny...I feel like I've become a little witty...but it could also be hurtful if I'm not careful.  My mom's beamed me on the head a few times for saying something I probably shouldn't have said...and then we all have a good laugh!  At least we can all joke about it!

Other than my growing appetite and my low patience and tolerance for things, I am still feeling wonderful!  My energy level is definitely much lower than it used to be...but baby growing is hard work and very tiring I'm finding!  I'm still running and CrossFitting in the mornings.  And I absolutely plan to keep it up until I go into labor.  If I just get too tired, then I'll go to the afternoon classes.  But, I'm not going to stop working out through this pregnancy.  It makes me feel so much better...and it will help me have an easier delivery...and I've read that babies are happier when their moms have worked out through the pregnancy.  It's a win for everybody!  Gotta love endorphins!!!  And...I have to brag on Cody.  I really can't say enough about how amazing he is.  He has always been an amazing husband...so loving, caring, kind, and helpful.  But he has really helped me out so much and really gone above and beyond to help me out.  I have been so tired at night the past couple weeks and he has not batted an eye at doing the laundry, unloading the dishwasher, running errands for me, bathing the dogs...I could go on and on!  And it's not just the helpful chores he's been doing.  He is still keeping up with what's going on with my body and how the baby's growing.  After I go to bed, he likes to get on www.babycenter.com and www.whattoexpect.com and read up on all things baby.  I couldn't ask for a better husband and daddy for our sweet little plum!!!

Week 11 Symptoms:

• Hungry, hungry, hungry!
• Still much, much more tired than I ever used to be
• My boobs are really starting to get in my way during my workouts...why did I ever wish for big boobs?!?!?  They just get in the way!
• A little moody, much less patient, not much of a filter on my blabby mouth
• Aversions: still meat and vegetables except for the ones I've mentioned before...like the thought of eating a piece of meat with two sides of vegetables sends my stomach to my throat.  Just writing about it is making me gag!
• Cravings: not many this week really...I've just been eating the same things that I've been craving and I think that's why I'm not craving them like I was!  Oh...I did eat 2 huge bowls of cereal this week...and right now it sounds fabulous!!!  Waffle Crisp, Amie?!?!?

Only 29 more weeks to go!!!

Lime-A-Ritas (Week 10)

How in the world am I already 10 weeks pregnant?!?!  Time is going by SO fast!  What I really can't believe is that I'm just a few weeks away from being out of my first trimester.  I know the first trimester is just a critical time and I'm ready to be out of it simply because I think I will feel like we've made a huge milestone safe and sound.  Not that I have any doubts that everything isn't perfectly fine...it's just the thought of it that scares me.  However, I have not had any hint of a problem!  Praise the Lord!  I haven't had any cramping, light bleeding, or anything else that would give any insight that something was wrong.  And...keeping on the positive side of things...I am feeling SO good!  I'm still running a mile everyday and doing a CrossFit WOD right after.  I've started to do the WODs on my own and not do them with the rest of the group.  I've really noticed that I need to slow down and when I WOD with everyone else, the competitive athlete comes out in me and I find it very hard to remember to take it easy.  I would say that I'm probably going about 60-75% of my normal pace and speed depending on the WOD.  I am still doing pretty much everything with my normal weight that I was doing before I was pregnant.  The only thing I've gone down on is my deadlifts.  They just don't feel comfortable anymore doing them with heavier weight...and I'm certainly not going to do anything that feels uncomfortable because it feels that way for a reason.  My main priority is keeping this baby safe.  So, I'm just counting my blessings that I can still run and CrossFit as normal as I can for being 10 weeks pregnant.  I am super tired and super hungry pretty much constantly.  But, I haven't had any nausea or other type of sick feeling.  Sometimes when I get too hungry, my stomach feels uneasy but I as soon as I feed this sweet baby, I feel so much better.  And guess what else???  The baby has already grown another 1/2 inch!  At week 10 Baby Kelley is the size of a lime..2 inches long and weighs about .3 ounces!  No lime-a-ritas for me for another 6 months though!  I think I'm finally starting to feel comfortable with how my body is changing.  I'm still wearing all my normal clothes...and they are all buttoning up just like always and they fit normal for the most part too...just a little snug in my tummy!  My belly is starting to stick out a little more and I'm really starting to like looking down and see it popping out.  It's really fun and exciting to finally see that this little one is starting to make an appearance!  I do have to say again that I think running has helped me a lot.  There's just this feeling you get when you run...it's so freeing and relaxing and really makes you forget about everything.  I've been taking the dogs out a lot on the weekends and that's been really nice too.  Getting to spend one-on-one time with them and being out on the street running is something I'm learning to really cherish.  I know it won't be long before we'll be accompanied by a jogging stroller with a sweet little one inside.  So, this time with my lovies is beginning to become a time that I really do cherish, look forward to, and enjoy...and I think they do too!  All in all I am really starting to love being pregnant!  As this little one continues to grow inside me, I get more and more excited to see the milestones that he/she will start to make...our precious little lime!!!


Week 10 Symptoms:

• So, so, so hungry!  Our little one sure loves to eat!  And I am really starting to enjoy it!
• Very tired...like I go to bed at 8:30 or 9:00 every night!  It probably doesn't help that I'm getting up at 4:50 to go to CrossFit...but I'm still way more tired than normal.
• And my boobs...I think they just continue to grow!  I can really tell when I'm running or jumping rope...I've never had bouncy boobs before...so weird!
• Aversions: meat (except: lunch meat, seafood, and ground beef), veggies (except: spinach, carrots, and tomatoes), really, really strong smells...no matter what they are it kinda sends my stomach lurching
• Cravings: fruit (especially: strawberries, pineapple, mango, green grapes, granny smith apples), sandwiches, spaghetti with meat sauce, blueberry waffles, baked potatoes

Only 30 more weeks to go!!!